Excerpt from The Practice in the Liverpool Ophthalmic Infirmary, for the Year 1834: Being the First Special Report John gladstone, Esq., M. P., presided at a meeting which was called in that month, by public advertisement, at the Depository of the Auxiliary Bible Society. It appeared, from certain documents laid before the meet ing, that, in addition to the aid afforded by the existing medical charities of the town, the poor, afflicted with diseases of the eye, had received, for the last six years, very extensive benefit from certain individuals in the profession, who had associated themselves for the purpose of giving gratuitous advice and assistance, in complaints of that nature, on the plan of a dispensary. It was determined that this association should in future be designated the liverpool ophthalmic infirmary 5 and that from August, 1820, it Should be considered as one of the public charities of the town. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.